Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Talk about could / would and the feeling of “if”

I love watching tennis matches, so I have been following some important international tennis events with Australia Open being one of the best, and I have expected that I can enjoy a brilliant Australia Open in 2021. However, it seemed that my dream failed since some players had to be quarantined for 14 days because they were on the same flights with 4 covid19 patients, that means they could not have enough pre-trainings before the matches. Some players complained on the social medias as the organizer of the Australia Open promised that if players’s swab test results were negative, then they could have at least 5 hours on-site training per day, but the agreement was changed, they had to stay at the hotel rooms which could not support any training environment, and it would affect their performance directly. I felt so sorrow to hear the news as I believed most players got the pass through tough trainings, and hoped to get success from the matches, but now they might not achieve. On the other side, I am worried about the Tokyo Olympic as its opening day would be in June and I was not sure if Covid19 could be controlled at that time.

I love watching tennis matches, so I have been following some important international tennis events with Australia Open being one of the best, and I was looking forward to a brilliant Australia Open in 2021. However, it seemed that my dream has failed since some players had to be quarantined for 14 days because they were on the same flights as 4 covid19 patients / they were on flights with COVID patients, which / and that means they could not have enough pre-training sessions before (in preparation for) the matches. Some players complained on the social media as the organizer of the Australian Open promised that if players’s swab test results were negative, then they could have at least 5 hours (of) on-site training per day, but the agreement was changed, and they had to stay in their hotel rooms which could not support any training environment, and it would affect their performance directly / environment, affecting their performance. I felt so sorry / I was sad to hear the news / I feel bad for them as I believed most players qualified for the AO through rigorous training (sessions), and hoped to get success from the matches, but now they might not achieve their goals / might not perform well. Also / In addition to this / As well as that, I am worried about the Tokyo Olympics as its opening day is planned for / will be in / is supposed to be in June and I was not sure if Covid19 will be controlled by then.

Vocabulary

rigorous – strict / demanding / detailed / careful
eg. studying at SE gives me rigorous English training

I’m looking forward = happy and excited about the future
I’m expecting sth = I think it will / should happen in the future
eg. I’m looking forward to getting married but I’m expecting it to be expensive

everyone in the relaxing mode – everyone is in a relaxed mode / state of mind / mindset 

insular – the feeling of not communicating with other people and keeping to yourself
eg. since being in Australia I have quite an insular lifestyle

inauguration – the celebration and welcoming party when a president starts
eg. Trump will not attend Biden’s inauguration

i go there every 2 or 3 years

oversea – overseas / abroad 

they need to take your blood / you need to get a blood test 

from my mindset / concept / in my mind – as far as I know / from what I know / from what I’ve heard

Grammar

when you back to your home – when you are back at home / when you go back home

she immigrated to canada for several years – she immigrated to Canada several years ago and has been living there for several years

it looks peace and relaxing – peaceful and relaxing

stay at the hotel / stay in the room